Pugio Blade by Stock Reduction Method - Scabbard Completed

[Magnus]

Looking good Bary...how was working with the cold chisel?

[sulla felix]

Thanks Matt - cold chisels work on mild steel surprisingly well. Just do not try to take off too much in one go!

[munazio planco]

avete Omnes


I used the same tecnic and I think that the result is not bad.


valete

[Robert]

Wow, classy work, PierPaolo. Barry, what is the end thickness of the blade you are working towards?

[Peroni]

Ah! is this the dagger that will be having our suspension loops PierPaulo? :wink:

[sulla felix]

Very nice indeed PierPaolo. More inspiration!

Robert, this started out as 10mm thick bar, bit too thick for my liking but it is gradually reducing down to about 6 to 7mm thick, tapering off to about 1 to 1.5mm thick at the edges.

[Robert]

The first century ones I saw in Nijmegen were thinner then that, I recall. 5 mm on the blade you requested a picture of.

[sulla felix]

Thanks Robert, tring to work off pictures only is challenging!

[Crispvs]

One thing the pictures may not have shown very well is that on most type 'B' blades, such as the Leeuwen blade, the midrib is not in any way upstanding and only exists as a result of the two grooves either side of the central area which by default becomes a midrib. In other words, on a type 'B' blade the midrib is carved out rather than upstanding.

Crispvs

[Peroni]

In other words, on a type 'B' blade the midrib is carved out rather than upstanding

[Crispvs]

Thanks for posting that up frater. You have saved me having to do a drawing by hand tonight and getting it scanned at work tomorrow. 8)

Crispvs

[munazio planco]

avete Omnes


the thikness of iron is 5 mm,like Sulla could confirm do a blade like that is hard work but I tink that is good compromise for somebody like me that con't forge the blade. Peroni your wonderfull loops will be for this and fot others pugiones


valete Omnes

[sulla felix]

PierPaolo - yes it is very hard work! But watching the piece gradually take shape is really satisfying.

[Peroni]

Peroni your wonderfull loops will be for this and fot others pugiones

So you will be making a type A sheath for a type B blade?

[munazio planco]

avete Omnes


peroni you open a very interesting discussion,in fact we know that there are a lot of blade finding whitout scabbard and a lot of part of scabbard whitout blade so...we are sure that blade type B whew only and always associated at loops type B?and after please axplaine to me axactly the difference between this two type of pugiones...I am a few ingnorant in this :oops: